Faucet-bung.



D. BBEBE.

FAUCET BUNG.

APPLICATION IILED MAY 10,1912.

1,080,805. Pateted Dec. 9, 1913.

BILLON BEEBE, OF NEWARK, NEV JERSEY: I

FAUCET-BUNG.

Specification of; Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 9, 1913.

Application filed M'ay 10, 1912. Seral No. 696,348.

T0 aZZ whom z't may concern:

Be it known that I, DILLON BEEBE1 a citizen et the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain lmprovements in FaucetBungs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates more particularly to a faucet bung for the single opening of a barrel or other paokage of beer or similar liquid, and to whioh faucet bung a tap can be applied to admit air pressure and at the same time aiford a discharge or outlet for the liquid.

The objects of the invention are to secure compaotness and simplicity of construction and operation; t0 secure an impervious closure et the barrel when the valve et the faucet bung is shut and to prevent leakage et either air pressure or liquid When the valve is open; to provide an air passage in the bung whioh is a continuation of the air passage et the tap, and to confine the air pressure and any small quantities of liquid to said passage; t0 obtan a construction which can be readily taken apart and put together again, without removing the bung body or bushing from the barrcl, and to seoure other advantages and results as may loe brought out in the following description.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in whioh like numerals of reference indicate the same parts throughout the several figures, Figure 1 is a central section of my improved fauoet bang with a tap in engagement therewith and the valve opened; Fig. 2 is a similar section, taken on the same plane with respect to the valve, showing the tap removed and the valve in closed position; Fig. 3 is a section on line AA of Fig. 2; Fig. 4: is a plan of the faucet bang as shoWn in Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is an underncath or face view of the tap; Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the outer portion of the valve illustrating a slight mod1ficat1on 111 the means for en gagement loy tl 1e tap to turn the valve.

ln said draw1ngs, 1 indicates the body portion or bnshing of my improved bung having exterior threads 2 to screw into a package and being interiorly chambered or cupshaped, as at- 3. From the fioor of said chamber 3 a central integral projection 4: extends upward, and pivotally mounted on said projection is a valve 5. Said projection 4c is thus a oomponent part of the lonshing 1,

so that it is an extension of the inner surface of the cupshaped bushing, and any movement or looseness of one with respect to the other is impossible. The valve 5 may have any suitable facing 6 or be Otherwise adapted to form an impervious joint vvith the floor of the bung chamber, and it will be understood that said valve 5 and the fioor of the chamber have apertures 7 and 8, respectively, Which are adapted to be brought into registration as shown in Fig. 1, or out of registration as shown in Fig. 2 by turning tne said valve 5. The said projection 4 bas on its upper or outer end above the valve 5 a washer 81, nut 9 and look nut 10, the projection and nuts being threaded so that the said valve 5 can be seated with any desired degree of pressure. Snperposcd upon the valve 5 is an enter portion 11 comprising a plate recessed as at 12 to accommodate the said nnts, washer and end of the projection 4:, and held in fixed impervious relation to the valve 5 by screws 18. Preterably, the heads of said screws 13 are oountersunk in the valve plate, as at 14, to reduce weight and prevent tampering. The outer portion 11 has an opening 15 in alinement With the opening 7 of the valve, and from about the middle of the depth of said opening the same is enlarged, as at 16, to receive the end 17 of the tap 18, the extreme outer end of said enlargement of the opening being again enlarged as at 19 to form an annular recess for packing 20 on said tap, whereloy the tap Will make a tight joint With the outer portion 11 of the valve.

The tap or faucet which I have shown comprises a loody portion having a tubular slidevay 21 for the tap rod 22 and being provided at its upper end with suitable packing means 23 for insuring an impervious closure around the said rod 22. The lower end portion of the tap or fauoet has the tubular slideway enlarged, as at 24, to form an annular fiow passage for the air-pressure whioh is admitted through a laterally projecting branch 25. This brunch connection 25 afiords a handle, and preferably another handle 26 projects laterally from the body portion ofthe tap at about the saine height.

Near its loWer reduced end 17 whioh en ters the faucet bang, the body portion of the tap has diametrically opposite laterally projecting lugs 27 and 28, which are adapted at their extremities to enter slots 29, 30 in the inner Walls of the bung body 1, and whioh slots conneot with opposite grooves 33, 34 inclined spirally downward toward the valve in the bung -body, as is comnion. It Will be understood that the lugs 27, 28

drop into these slots 29, 30 as the tap or and that as grooves 33, 34, the tap is forced into imperv vious engagement, at its packing 20, With the outer portion of the valve. As the tap is thus turned into position, it is desirable to positively insure turning of the valve at the sarne time into open position, and this I have shown accomplished by a projection 81 on the under side of the lug 28 adapted to enter one of tlie countersinlrs 14 in the valve plate or outer portion .of the valve. Other means might be provided for this engagement, however, such as the tWo ribs 32, 32, which I have shovvn upon the top of an outer portion 111 in Fig. 6, and which ribs are.adapted to lie one at each side of the lug 28 on the tap or faucet.

It Will be understood that after the tap orfaucet is turned into locked engagement vvith the bung and the valve of said bung thus opened, the tap rod 22 is pushed clown into the valve, so that the air pressure admitted around the same can force the liquid out through it.

By my improvcd construction the projection 4 is a con1ponent part of the cup-shaped bushing 1, and yet protected' by the outer valve portion 11 so that it Will not be injured and the bushing ruined. Obviously, if such projection was exposed to the blows and wear of usage and handling of the pack age, it would very likely become damaged, and since it could not be removed from the bushing or body portion 1 and replaced by another, the entire bushing would be lost. It is therefore of great importance in such a construction as mine to protect the pro jection as I have done.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is 1. In a faucet buhg for barrels and similar packages, the combination with a cupshaped bushing formed with a central integral projection rising upward from the bottom of its inner surface and With an eccentric opening in its bottom, said bushing having opposite inclined grooves in its inner side Walls and being threaded on its outer side Walls, a valve disk With a central aperture adapted to be held and ride rotatively upon said projection of said bushing, and means upon the outer end of said projection for securing said valve disk with an impervious bearing against the fioor of the bushing, said valve disk having an eccentric aperture adapted to register With said open- 1ng in the bottom of the buslnng, of an outer valve portion covering said projection and securmg means and adapted to receive a tap or faucet, said outer valve portion exposing the said inclined grooves of the bushing, and means for securing said outer valve portion fixedly and detachably to said valve disk.

2. In a faucet bung for barrels and sirnilar packages, the combination With a cupshaped bushing exteriorlyr threaded and having a central projection rising upward from the bottom of its inner surface, said bushing having an eccentric opening in its bottom and opposite inclined grooves in its side Wall, a valve disk rotatably mounted on said projection and having an aperture adapted to turn into and out of registration with said opening in the bottom of the bushing, and means upon the outer end of said projection for securing an impervious relation of said valve disk to the bottom inner surface of the bushing, of an outer valve portion covering said projection and securing means thereon adapted to receive a tap or fauct, said outer portion exposing said inclined grooves of the bushing and having an opening adapted to place the tap or faucet in communication With the said eccentric aperture of the valve, the upper end of said o'pening being steppd or enlarged to connect With the tap or faucet and overlying the said 'means for securing the valve disk on the boss or projection, and means detachably secu1ing said outer valve portion to the valve disk in fixed relation thereto. r

3. The coinbination With a faucet bung comprising a cup-like bushing having an eccentric opening in its bottom and inclined grooves in its side w'all, and a valve in said bushing having an opening adapted to turn into and out of registration With said bot tom opehing, the outer end of said valve exposing said inclined grooves and having engaging means diametrically opposite its said opening, of a tap or faucet having a reduced end to enter said opening of the valve and opposite luge adapted to engage the said inclined grooves, one ofsaid lugs being adapted t0 engage the said engaging means on the valve to turn s'aid Valve with the tap or faucet.

BILLON BEEBE.

In the presence of HOWARD P. KING, FRANCES E. BLODGETT.

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